Rail-joint.



No. 744,212. PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903.,

A. s. LANUM. V

v RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1903.

no MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW S. IiANUM, OF OONNEAUT, OHIO.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 744,212, datedNovember 17, 1903. I

I Application filed May 4, 1903. $e 1'ial 1\l0- 155,586. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW S. LANUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Conneaut, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Rail-Joints; and Idohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

will enable others skilled in the art to which no it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates particularly to that class of rail-joints inwhich the meeting ends of the rails are joined by interlocking mortise'and tenon; and the object of the invention is to form a simple, strong,and efficient 2o rail-joint without the use of fish-plates or 0 meetingrails are indicated at 6.

Further advantages of conat the ends of the rails to equal width withthe head, forming abutting blocks 7 and? at the ends of the rails. Thehead of one rail is cut away to receive a lap 8, projecting from theother rail, which lap rests upon the block 7. Projecting endwise fromthe bloc]; 7 and downwardly from the lap 8 is a tenon 9, having anenlarged head 10. This tenon extends from the lap down to the bottom ofthe rail and fits in a corresponding mortise produced in the block 7.The fit is loose to allow for expansion and contraction. Rails so joinedrequire no fish-plates and are inseparable except by lifting the tenonat the mortise. No bolts of any kind are required.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A railjoint comprising one rail the end of which has a recess at thehead, a block below the recess, and a mortise extending verticallythrough the block, and another rail the end of which has a lap at thehead fitting said recess, and a tenon having a continuous enlarged headextending downwardly from the lap and fitting the mortise.

In testimony whereof I affix my sighature in'presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW S. LANUM.

Witnesses:

EUGENE O. HILL, L. T. FELoH.

